Faculty & Staff

Faculty and staff can support sustainable initiatives by greening their offices. To get started, write a statement of commitment to sustainability for your office.It is best to designate a green representative or team for your office to be in charge of programming. This person(s) can lead talks with your department about the importance of going green.

As a group decide on your goals as an office and how to implement them. Encourage each other in the office to start with the easiest tasks and behavioral changes, and work your way up to the more difficult ones. Create promotional materials and incentive programs to promote around the office to encourage changes in behavior.

Use natural light augmented with a desk lamp instead of the overhead lights

Have meetings outside when it's nice

Plug appliances into a power strip, and flip it off when not in use. Many electronics draw electricity even when they are turned off - this is called a "phantom load." Power strips don't have phantom loads

Turn off your computer at night; this can save up to $70 per computer per year

Turn off your printer, fax machine and copy machine at night, this can save over $100 per machine per year